Rockets Hit Saigon as Ho Chi Minh Birthday Attended
Rockets and mortars struck downtown Saigon on Ho Chi Minh's 78th birthday, setting fires and wounding civilians. No Americans were killed, but six Vietnamese were killed and 27 wounded, with damage near Independence Palace and the U.S. Embassy plus multiple city sites including a newspaper office and a university building.
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North Vietnam insists on full bombing halt in talks
In Paris the United States and North Vietnam faced off over troop presence and bombing, with Harriman demanding verification of North Vietnamese troops in the South and Thuy insisting on a North halt to bombing. No progress was reported after a four hour session. talks resume Wednesday.
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SCLC leader rejects claims of crisis in Poor People's Campaign
Andrew Young says a reported crisis in the Poor People’s campaign is a goof and snafu. He notes cash needs adjust to about 84000 for the campside and says overall finances are not bad though not good.
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Weekend Weather Outlook For Local Area
The forecast calls for cloudy cool conditions with partial sun today. Tonight and Monday remain clear to partly cloudy and cool with lows in the mid 40s and daytime highs in the low to mid 60s.
Snoopy Appears With Linus Rally in Peanuts Week
The Snoopy strip hints at Linus' blanket and teases the Peanuts gang's debut starting Monday May 27 in the Southern Illinoisan. The note emphasizes a weekday feature event for readers.
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Police rout sit in at Columbia amid housing expansion
In Morningside Heights police with Chief Inspector Sanford Garelik moved in predawn to clear a sit in at a run down tenement slated for demolition for Columbia University's expansion. 121 protesters were arrested including Columbia students and Mark Rudd of the SDS. The university said it offered tenants other quarters and no one was evicted.
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De Gaulle Faces Crisis as French Strikes Roar On
President Charles de Gaulle rushed back from Romania as strikes shut down railways airports and many industries across France. Premier Pompidou met security chiefs while unions and students push for wider action and a censure vote looms in parliament.
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Reagan campaign heats up as Kennedy and Humphrey spar
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy drew sparse crowds in Oregon and attacked Vice President Hubert Humphrey for hampering Paris peace talks. Kennedy urged separate talks between the National Liberation Front and the South Vietnamese government in Eugene. Humphrey, in Maine, disputed a Paris claim about negotiator parity. In New York, Eugene McCarthy pressed a tough two week campaign for June 18 delegates but struggled in Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant. On the GOP side, Nixon scored a Vermont delegate victory as Reagan mounts a nationwide noncampaign tour.
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ISU Dean Named President of Paterson State College
Dr. James K. Olsen, 45, dean at Illinois State University, is named president of Paterson State College in New Jersey to fill a vacancy since Sept. 1, 1966. He has served at Illinois State for a year and previously led honors at Kent State University and taught political science.
Why do collegians revolt Yale professor sees many roots for student rebellions
Yale professor Dr. Weiss argues student rebellions stem from multiple roots including institutional anomie generation gap and lack of adult guidance. He notes imbalances in attention between undergraduates and graduates and criticizes impersonal systems, while acknowledging annual spring energy and the influence of militant groups.
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